Google Stadia-era cloud gaming VOD archive. VP9 at 4K because Google mandated VP9 for all Stadia content, CRF 28 for high-quality game footage, WebM for the all-Google stack. A monument to a killed product.
| Video Codec | VP9 |
| CRF | 28 |
| Resolution | 2160p |
| Audio | Opus |
| Container | WebM |
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libvpx-vp9 -crf 28 -b:v 0 -tile-columns 2 -threads 8 -c:a libopus -b:a 160k output.webmGoogle Stadia used VP9 for all streaming and required game developers to target VP9-friendly visuals. When Stadia shut down in 2023, it was the largest real-world deployment of VP9 for interactive content, processing petabytes of game video.
A new FFmpeg encoding puzzle every day. Six tries, in the browser or from your terminal.